Reconstruction:Proto-Indo-Iranian/Hwáyati

This Proto-Indo-Iranian entry contains reconstructed terms and roots. As such, the term(s) in this entry are not directly attested, but are hypothesized to have existed based on comparative evidence.

Proto-Indo-Iranian

Etymology

From Proto-Indo-European *h₂w-éye-ti, from *h₂ew- (“to weave”).

Verb

*Hwáyati

1. to weave

Descendants

• Proto-Indo-Aryan: *Hwáyati
  • Sanskrit: वयति (váyati)
    • Dardic:
      • Domaaki: [script needed] (bu)
      • Northeast Pashayi: [script needed] (wayek)
      • Northwest Pashayi: [script needed] (wayek)
      • Southeast Pashayi: [script needed] (wayek)
      • Southwest Pashayi: [script needed] (wayek)
      • Kashmiri: وُونُن (vuvnun)
    • Helu Prakrit:
      • Dhivehi: ވިޔަން (viyan̊)
      • Sinhalese: වියනවා (wiyanawā)
    • Maharastri Prakrit:
      • Old Marathi: 𑘪𑘪𑘜𑘹 (vavaṇe), 𑘪𑘻𑘪𑘜𑘹 (vovaṇe)
        • Marathi: ओवणे (ovṇe)
    • Magadhi Prakrit:
      • Assamese: বোৱা (büa)
    • Pali: vāyati

References

• Lubotsky, Alexander (2011) “o”, in The Indo-Aryan Inherited Lexicon (in progress) (Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Project), Leiden University, pages 349-350
• Mayrhofer, Manfred (1992) “O”, in Etymologisches Wörterbuch des Altindoarischen [Etymological Dictionary of Old Indo-Aryan]‎^[1] (in German), volume 1, Heidelberg: Carl Winter Universitätsverlag, pages 275-6